GNP per capita rankings at North-South summit kickoff
AP reports a World Bank 1979 GNP per capita ranking for 22 nations attending the Cancún summit, listing wealth gaps from Sweden at 11930 dollars to Bangladesh at 90. Countries include United States Canada Japan United Kingdom France Germany and others with values shown for each.
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Mexico
World Bank
Sweden
Bangladesh
West Germany
United States
France
Canada
Japan
Austria
Saudi Arabia
Britain
Venezuela
Yugoslavia
Brazil
Algeria
Ivory Coast
Nigeria
Philippines
Guyana
Tanzania
China
India
Reagan Heads to Cancun Summit with Market Magic Message
President Reagan travels to Cancun for a 22 nation summit aiming to promote private enterprise as a driver of growth while acknowledging a potentially hostile reception. He warns of clashes with critics while noting U S aid levels have dipped to about six billion dollars. The conference unites rich and poor nations under a common goal of global economic expansion.
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Reagan
Mexico
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Treasury
Donald T. Regan
Cancun
Caribbean
Regan
Philadelphia
Tax Increase On Cigarettes Alcohol Eyed
Washington AP reports Reagan aides discuss boosting federal revenues via higher excise taxes on cigarettes and alcohol and other measures. Possible moves include gutting most interest deductions and broadening taxes, with aim of balancing the budget by 1984. Kudlow cautions no firm stance.
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Washington
Reagan
Treasury
Donald T. Regan
Regan
White House
David A. Stockman
Senate
Lawrence Kudlow
Congress
Bluefield Board Backs $750 Million Road Bonds Amendment
Bluefield city board endorses the Road for Jobs and Progress Amendment, stating its passage would spur future growth. A Roads for Jobs and Progress committee cites $100 million for Route 52 upgrades and feeder roads as an early priority benefiting the city’s revenues.
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Daily Telegraph
Bluefield City
Roads For Jobs and Progress Committee
Larry Morhous
Norris Kantor
Scott Shott
Paul Cole
Morhous
Bluefield
Virginia’s 1981 governor race tests Reagan prestige in state
In Richmond Virginia the 1981 governor contest pairs Democratic Lt. Gov. Charles Robb and Republican Attorney General Marshall Coleman. Robb is a Johnson family heir and conservative ally of Reagan while Coleman frames Robb as liberal “Great Society” ally amid bidding for control of Virginia politics.
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Virginia
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Charles S. Robb
Marshall Coleman
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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House of Delegates
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Vietnam
Moral Majority
Jerry Falwell
White House
Johnson
Lyndon Johnson
Ronald Reagan
Democratic Party
Old Dominion
U.S
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Washington
Moson
Vic
Mercer Judge Jarrett Dies
Howard M. Jarrett former chief judge of Mercer County Circuit Court died Thursday in Bethesda Maryland after a long illness. He age 10:50 am at NIH where treated for cancer for three weeks. A Mercer County lifelong resident, he led in Democratic party circles and supported handicapped programs. Funeral plans pending as body to be moved to Mercer Funeral Home Bluefield. Survivors include his wife three sons two daughters and a brother.
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Bluefield
Mercer County
Bethesda
Jarrett
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West Virginia
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Maryland
Mercer Funeral Home
Doris Franquiz Jarrett
Howard Marshall Jarrett, Jr
Falls Church
Keith Brian Jarrett
Boston
Mass
Chrisopher Kip Jarrett
Ron
Lisa Beth) Currie
Washington, D.C
Terry
Cathy Linn) Lambert
Wise County Snow Sparks Va First of Season on High Knob
Wise County reports light snow up to two inches on High Knob mountain marking what may be Virginia’s first snow of the season. Temperatures dropped to the 20s across western Virginia with frost on cars and lawns.
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Wise
Wise County
Virginia
High Knob Mountain
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